Sack clothes drier



Oct. 30; 1951 M N 2,573,214

SACK CLOTHES DRIER Filed NOV. 24, 1948 gwue/wtom Lucille '71). 777oranATTORNEY Patented Oct. 30, 1951 UNITED SATEL'S PAT ENT FF I CE SACK-CLOTHES DRIER Lucille Kr-Moran, St. Paul, Minn.

Application November 24, 1948, Serial No. 61,859

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My invention relates to an improvement in sack clothes drier wherein itis desired to provide a means of supporting clothes'duringa. dryingoperation.

In drying articles of clothing such as women's hose, difficulty isexperienced due to the fact that the suspended hosiery is'often blowninto contact with adjacent objects or rough surfacesand are damaged bythis contact. A similar difiiculty is sometimes experienced withlingerieand various other garments of light weight. Hose suspending fromclothes lines or other supporting means often become tangledtogether sothat they do not dry as quickly or effectively as they otherwise might.Hosiery blown against the surface of a building or some other adjacentobject often become snagged and are injured by this contact.

It is the objectof the present invention toprovide a sack or containerin which the garments tobe dried may be supported and through-which windand'air may freely travel. "The garments supported in this bag or sackarequickly dried by the flow of air travelling therethrough. At

the same time the articles of clothing thus supported are containedwithin the sack and are protected from contact with surrounding objects.

A feature'of the present invention'lies in the fact that'a plurality'ofpairs of hose or other fragile articles 'of clothing may 'besuspended inthe sack at the same time. When used-forthe drying of hosiery the sad:is preferably tapered and elongated and somewhat similar in shape to awind sack usually used to determine wind direction. The sack is heldexpandedat its upper end by means of a reinforcing hoopof suitablematerial and the hose-are clamped or otherwise secured to thisreinforced edge about the periphery thereof. Air passing through thebody of thesack tendsto dry the hose without danger of snagging the sameor causing runs therein due to contact with objectssurrounding-the-point of suspension.

Afeature of the presentinvention lies in the provision of a sack whichis preferably'formed be connected to a swivel hook. The swivelhookpermits relative rotation of the sack and its support and prevents thehandle from becoming twisted.

An added feature ofthe present invention lies in the provision of a sackor bag of cloth orother suitable pliable material whichis connected'atits upper :end toa reinforcing ring in such amanner as to.provide'angularly spaced-exposed portions in the ring. Clamps .orclothespins of. any suitable type are supported bythe reinforcing ring irrtheexposed portions thereof so that the garments'suspended bythegclamping-means may be contained within the. sack.

An added feature of the present invention lies in-theprovision of adrier comprising a sack of cloth or other flexible material having anair pervious lower end and :an open upper end and in providing clampingmeans which in preferred 'form'are pivotally supported upon areinforcing ring or loop at the upper end of the sack. The clampingmeans may usually be operated by swinging-the jaw end thereof upwardlyso that the garments to be suspended may be readily engaged thereby.

These and other objects and novel features of my invent-ion'will be moreclearly and fully set forth in the'following specification and claims.

In the drawings forming a part of my specification:

Figure 1 is-a perspective view of a sack clothes drier of atype'suitable fordrying hosiery or the like.

Figure -2 is a perspective view of a drierof somewhat differentproportions of a type which may be used for supporting lingerie or otherrelatively fragilearticles of clothing.

Figure 3is-asectional view through a portion of the reinforcing rim ofthe drier showing the manner in whichthe garment clamping means arepivotallyattached thereto.

The clothes sack drier A illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawingscomprises an elongatedtubular body Nlof fabric or other flexiblematerial. The bodyl llamay-be formed of cotton mesh or similarair-perviousmaterial, or may be formed of material less pervious toair,such as muslin or plastic'sheeting. The bodyl-Uis preferably taperedin for-m having a: relatively large diameter upper endll and-arelatively smaller diameter lower end i2. In the event the body I'll isformed of material relatively non-pervious to'air, anextension-'is-provided of netting indicated at'l3. The

netting or-mesh' lower end |3is stitched or otherwise secured to thebody I l d-and provided at its extremity with a binding tape [4 whichmay be provided with a projecting loop Hi. The loop [5 may be supportedby a hook or suitable support if it is desired to hold the bag extendingin any desired direction.

The bag body is provided at its large diameter upper end H with a seriesof scallops providing rounded tabs 16 which may extend beyond theremainder of the end. The tabs I6 are designed to fold over a circularreinforcing ring H and to be secured to itself beneath the ring. Inother words the projecting tabs I6 form a discontinuous hem at the largediameter end of the bag which encloses the reinforcing ring H. The ringI! holds the bag circular in form at its upper end.

The notches l9 between the spaced tabs l expose portions of thereinforcing ring H. A handle of cloth or other suitable flexiblematerial is secured to the wire reinforcing ring at oppositely disposedpoints thereof between spaced tabs IS. The cloth handle 20 may ifdesired be provided with a swivel hook 2| by means of which the sack maybe suspended. The swivel hook allows relative rotation of the sack andits support which is engaged by the projecting end 22 of the swivel hook2|.

In various of the notches I9 between the spaced tabs Hi I provideclothes pins or clamps 23. These clothes pins or clamps are preferablyprovided with a lateral aperture therethrough through which thereinforcing ring ll may extend, thus permitting the clothes pins orclamps to pivot about the wire of which the reinforcing ring is usuallyformed. Thus the handle ends of the clothes pins or clamping means maybe pivoted downwardly along the outer surface of the bag body so thatthe clamping ends of the clothes pins or clamps may project out of thebag to simplify the clamping of articles of clothing thereto.

In operation the sack clothes drier A is suspended by the swivel hook 22to any suitable means of support and the hosiery is clamped at the upperend by the clamps 23 and is extended into the interior of the bag It)toward the small diameter end l2 thereof. the body [0 of the sack Adries the hose quickly and the tapered form of the body tends toincrease the velocity of air as it travels through the sack, thusholding the hosiery or other articles of clothing longitudinally of thebag. As the articles are enclosed they are not subject to injury byengagement with surrounding objects and the bag body It] may be blownagainst a brick wall, rough wooden surface, or other rough objectwithout injuring the enclosed articles. Furthermore, the form ofconstruction of the sack body tends to hold the various articlessupported from becoming tangled together and wound one about the otherso that the drying operation may be completed in a minimum amount oftime.

In Figure 2 of the drawings I disclose a clothes sack drier B ofsomewhat different proportions from the drier A illustrated in Figure 1.The drier B is usually used to contain various articles ofunderclothing, lingerie and the like and prevents such garments frominjury through contact with surrounding objects. In general the drier Bdiffers from the drier A only in proportion, although it should be notedthat the drier B has a body which is substantially uniform in formrather than tapered, and as a result the velocity of the air is notincreased as it travels toward Air blowing throughthe lower end of thebag. Furthermore the sack B has a closed lower end while the sack Apreferably has an open lower end.

The sack B includes a tubular body 24 which is formed of a suitablecloth such as muslin or plastic sheeting. The body 24 is preferablyprovided with a closed lower end formed of mesh or netting andidentified in Figure 2 by the nu meral 25. The lower portion 25 of thebag is preferably more pervious to air than the upper portion 24 thereofand the two parts of the bag are secured together by stitching or thelike as illustrated at 26.

The upper end of the bag is provided with a series of spaced integraltabs 21 which are folded upon themselves and secured to themselves toform a discontinuous peripheral hem designed to enclose the reinforcingring 29. The reinforcing ring 29 is formed of wire, plastic, or othersuitable material which is preferably circular in cross section and isdesigned to hold the upper end of the sack body in circular formation. Ahandle 30 of cloth or other suitable material is terminally looped aboutthe reinforcing ring 29 in the exposed portions of two opposite sides ofthe ring between spaced tabs 21. As indicated in the drawings theprojecting tabs are separated by notches 3| which provide exposedportions of the reinforcing ring 29 between each adjacent pair of tabs.

A series of angularly spaced clamps or clothes pins 32 are pivotallymounted upon the reinforcing ring 29 in certain of the notches 3|. Theseclamps are designed to support the garments suspended within the bag andthe garments may be supported from a single clamp or a plurality ofspaced clamps depending upon the nature of the garment being suspended.

The clamps which I prefer to employ are of the general type illustratedin Figure 3 of the drawings. Such clamps include a pair of pivoted arms33 and 34 which have clamping ends 35 and 36 respectively and handleends 31 and 39 respectively. The handle ends 31 and 39 are tapered orwedge shaped in formation so that these ends of the arms may be pinchedtogether to separate the jaw ends 35 and 36. A spiral spring 40 isinterposed between the arms 33 and 34 intermediate their ends and theends of the springs 40 are arranged to hold the arms assembled. One end4| of the spring 40 extends across the side of the arm 33 and engagesthe outer surface thereof holding this arm assembled with the spring.The other end 42 of the spring extends along the opposite arm 34 andacross the outer surface thereof engaging the arm to hold the sameassembled to the spring. Thus the spring acts both as the pivotalconnecting means between the arms and also as the means for resilientlyurging the jaws together. As indicated in Figure 3 of the drawings, inpreferred form, the reinforcing wire 29 extends through the axis of thespring 40, thus pivotally connecting the clamping member 32 to thisreinforcing member. It will also be obvious that the entire'clamp 32 maybe pivoted about the axis of its spring 40 by swinging the handle ends31 and 39 down along the outer surface of the bag body, thereby swingingthe jaw ends 35 and 36 above the open end ofthe bag so that a garmentmay be easily engaged in the clamp.

While I have illustrated bags A and B having a predetermined number ofclamps pivotally supported at the upper ends thereof, it will beunderstood that the number of these clamps may be changed at will bychanging the width of the projecting tabs and by increasing ordecreasing the number thereof. As shown in Figure 2 of the drawings thebag B may if desired be provided with a swivel hook 43 which is usefulin the supporting of this bag. The clothes contained within the bag aredried by air flowing therethrough and preferably in a direction from theopen upper end to the lower end thereof.

My bags A and B have the advantage of enclosing the garments being driedand preventing injury thereto and also in concealing these garments fromview. During the drying operation the garments being dried are entirelyconcealed except as they may be seen through the open top of the sack orthrough the body thereof. Thus while I prefer to have the sacks formedpartially of material less pervious to air and partially of materialmore pervious to air, the entire sack may be made of mesh or netting ifdesired and still may have certain of the advantages previouslydescribed.

When the bag B is provided with a closed bottom end, any article placedtherein is held from dropping through the bottom. Thus, in the event anygarment should come loose from its clamping means, the garment will beretained within the bag.

In accordance with the patent statutes, I have described the principlesof construction and use of my sack clothes drier, and while I haveendeavored to set forth the best embodiments thereof, I desire to haveit understood that obvious changes may be made within the scope of thefollowing claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. A wind sack drier comprising an elongated tubular body of flexiblematerial, at least one end of which is pervious to air, a ring connectedto the other end of said body for holding this other end open, and aseries of angularly spaced attaching means connected to said other endof said body, said attaching means being designed to support articles ofclothing suspended within the tubular body, and a handle bridging saidother end by means of which the body may be supported.

2. The structure described in claim 1 and including a swivel hook on thehandle.

3. A wind sack drier comprising an elongated body of flexible sheetmaterial, said body being tapered in form and having open ends, areinforcing ring connected to the large diameter end of said body forholding said body expanded, and attaching means secured in angularlyspaced relation to said large diameter end and designed to supportarticles of clothing within said body.

4. A wind sack drier comprising an elongated tubular body of taperedform having open ends, a series of angularly spaced tabs on the largediameter end thereof, a reinforcing ring secured to said large diameterend by said tabs, article attaching means secured to said reinforcingring between said tabs, and means connected to the large diameter end ofsaid body for supporting the same.

5. The structure described in claim 4 in which the tabs are folded overthe reinforced ring and secured in folded relation to connect the bodyto the reinforcing ring.

6. The structure described in claim 4 and including a tapered extensionon the small diameter end of said body formed of material less perviousto air than the remainder of said body.

7. A wind sack drier comprising a tubular body of material relativelylittle pervious to air, an end on said body formed of material morepervious to air, a series of angularly spaced tabs projecting from theother end of said body of material little pervious to air, a reinforcingring to which said tabs are connected, and article clamping meanssecured to said reinforcing ring between said tabs.

8. The structure described in claim 7 in which the clamping means arepivotally mounted upon the reinforcing ring.

9. A wind sack drier including an elongated tubular body of flexiblematerial through which air may flow longitudinally, a series of tabsprojecting from one end of said body, a reinforcing ring to which saidtabs are secured, article clamping means pivotally supported by saidreinforcing ring between said tabs, and means at said one end of saidbody for supporting the same.

LUCILLE K. MORAN.

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